Buff-banded Rail vs White Swamphen

Hypotaenidia philippensis so với Porphyrio albus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính Buff-banded Rail White Swamphen
Tên Khoa Học Hypotaenidia philippensis Porphyrio albus
Bộ Gruiformes Gruiformes
Họ Rallidae Rallidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Extinct
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 28,3 cm (11.1 in)
Khối Lượng 186,66666666666666 g (6.58 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng 2-8 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

Buff-banded Rail only

White Swamphen only

Không

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

Buff-banded Rail

Extinct

White Swamphen

About These Birds

Buff-banded Rail

Buff-banded Rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis), 31 cm. Strongly barred underparts; rufous breast band; brown streaked back. Widespread coloniser from the Philippines through Australia and across the Pacific. Inhabits marshes, grassland and coastal scrub. Omnivore. Least Concern; highly dispersive.

White Swamphen

White Swamphen (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct all-white swamphen formerly endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia. Known from specimens collected around 1790 and early drawings; had reduced wings indicating flightlessness or near-flightlessness. Extirpated by hunting after European discovery. Related to Australasian Swamphen.

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